Re: How to reboot a virtual I/O?

[Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am hoping that an option can be added:

VRYCFG CFGOBJ(TAPE_MLB) CFGTYPE(*DEV)
       STATUS(*ON) RESET(*VIOP)

--
Bryan




Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis wrote on 6/29/2022 1:15 PM:
> Curiously if the IOP is for an iSCSI Virtual Tape you CAN IPL the IOP 
> from SQL.
>
> So your idea is a good one!
>
>      - DrF
>
> On 6/29/2022 1:57 PM, Bryan Dietz wrote:
> > Larry, i put in a "idea" to allow for the re-ipl of the VTL IOA to be 
> > done at the command line.
> > we've had to do the same for Protect Tier and data domain.
> >
> >
> > cannot figure out the new interface to find a direct link, but search 
> > for:  IBMI-I-1048 https://ideas.ibm.com/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bryan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis wrote on 6/29/2022 12:16 PM:
> > > Same really, just go into SST and under concurrent maintenance 
> > > restart the virtual IOP. We do this routinely to get Cybernetics VTLs 
> > > talking to the system again.
> > >
> > >      - DrF
> > >
> > > On 6/29/2022 1:00 PM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> > > > Back when we had a physical card, like a scsi tape card for example, 
> > > > and we just wanted to reboot a card I knew how to go into SST and 
> > > > reboot that card.
> > > > Now let's say we have a FC card that's dedicated to a lpar of VIOS 
> > > > and that is hosted to a few lpars of IBM i.  This FC is just for 
> > > > tape and not disk.
> > > > Is there a way to reboot that card without rebooting vios and then 
> > > > all lpars of IBM i?
> > > >
> > > > Rob Berendt
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